Nashville — On the way to New Orleans, I fell in love with Nashville. It reminded me of Milwaukee.

Its food scene, craft breweries, laid-back sensibility and famous local export — country music — demonstrated why this city of 600,000 is more than a pit stop on the way to somewhere else. An eight-hour drive puts you in the heart of it. | April 22, 2014»Read Full Article

Included in its entry was coverage of a fire in Burlington, a police shooting at Children's Hospital, a tornado in Oklahoma and a freeway pileup in Waukesha County. It beat large market stations in a region including Wisconsin, North and South Dakota and Minnesota. | April 22, 2014»Read Full Blog Post(2)

Ross (1942-1995), you may remember, was the friendly guy with a stunning perm who taught wet-on-wet oil painting on the PBS series for more than 400 episodes. He painted happy trees, mighty mountains and happy little clouds. Comedians have chided him, and he even parodied himself in an MTV promo, but he remains a beloved pop-culture figure nearly two decades after his death. | April 22, 2014»Read Full Blog Post(1)